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You can be fat AND fit, obesity experts reveal as they say BMI 'wrong'
NHS doctors were told yesterday to use the new diagnoses in guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. They had already been stopped from using just BMI. Under the ...
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People ‘being misdiagnosed’ on obesity, say experts
Solely using BMI can lead to both overestimates and underestimates ... He went on: “No system – the NHS or others – have had these methods yet – I think everybody has been using the ...
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Push to ditch BMI as sole obesity measure to end 'unnecessary' weight-loss jabs
A new Lancet Commission - made up of more than 50 experts from around the world - said that a 'radical overhaul' is needed in how obesity is diagnosed ...
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Livi expands reach for its online consultation app with BMI alliance
“We believe that our partnership with BMI will support the incredible work of the NHS to help manage the current challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and is another facet of how Livi has played a ...
The Daily Telegraph18d
‘Fat but healthy’ people being wrongly diagnosed as obese
instead of just body mass index (BMI). On Tuesday, NHS doctors were told to use these extra metrics to diagnose obesity, in new guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence ...
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Mounjaro on the NHS: What you need to know about ‘King Kong of weight-loss drugs’
The NHS spending watchdog has recommended Mounjaro – also known as tirzepatide and made by Eli Lilly – for those with a body mass index (BMI) of more than 35 and at least one weight-related ...
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Weight-loss jabs may have wider health benefits, study suggests
In December, the NHS spending watchdog recommended Mounjaro – also known as tirzepatide and made by Eli Lilly – for people with a body mass index (BMI) of more than 35 and at least one weight ...